Birthday Wish from the Mich

Meant to get this up yesterday.....so we're a day late---SORRY! =)

Love you dad, miss you tons.

PHOTO SHOOT

Sydney's new favorite thing...'Jumping' (aka me lifting her) off the fireplace!





Boys being goofy.....watching Toy Story 3. It's been in the 'Thomas vault' for about 2 months, so it was like watching it for the first time again today! HA!

Destination: Grand Rapids!

So our surprise date was A-MAZING. So much fun...and it all started with THIS:

So FUN! They went all out for us, a gift card, some chocolate bars, sparkling raspberry bubbly from Tabor Hill (my fav) with glasses, brownies, muffins and fruit for the morning, and some other fun stuff ;). Ry took some great pictures of our room. HAHAHA



HA! hilarious. WOOOWWW. AND, turns out, it was the same weekend as the 5/3 Bank River Run....and the start line was RIGHT in front of the hotel. Our friend Breanne Vugteveen ran the 10K, so we popped out of bed and walked down the block just in time to see her finish the race! It was sprinkling the whole time (why does that always seem to happen when there's a race). She didn't even look tired! I would have needed a wheel chair...or maybe a ride in the stroller with Parks. hehe.


All in all we had a blast, and the staff had a pretty fun time it sounds like in their 'DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARTHA'. Let's just say, lots of 'accidents' and laundry and no nap. oh my. Good thing the kids love all of them, they were spoiled for the weekend. =) And I'm just now noticing that we didn't get any pictures of the two of us besides this one.....

HA! We had a de-lish dinner at Kobe Steakhouse, hot tub after breakfast, lunch at Panera, some shopping...the day went by pretty fast. THANK YOU THANK YOU!! A weekend to remember for sure!

WOW it's already May!

Go figure as I sit down to write this I can hear Sydney start to wake up. I'll just make it quick.

Some bedtime fun(ny) pictures...I have a few of Ry reading to the boys when they were shorter and chubby...it's fun to have some to compare to a year later =)




Sydney is ALL OVER THE PLACE when we're getting ready for bed. She is so wound up, climbing, running, 'talking', bringing you books...too busy to read them of course. haa. I don't really remember the boys ever being that way. it will be interesting to see if she mellows out over time. HA!

Also, little Beckett and Elle were over here yesterday. Are you kidding me, Syd looks like a monster next to him! Doesn't help that she just woke up from her nap and her hair is a nest...He's such a little cutie! Check out some sweet pictures of the Whites on EMILY'S BLOG. What a muffin! smiles and laughs all the time....awww

OK gotta go...she's getting louder.....